Broadway's My Beat: The Alex Raymond Murder Case (EP4958)
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What is the premise of the Alex Raymond murder case?
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Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Broadway's My Bait. But first, I do want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And today's program is brought to you in part by the financial support of our listeners. And you can become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little as $2 per month by going to patreon.greatdetectives.net. Thank you so much to Rick for supporting the podcast that way. Now, from November 17th, 1951, here is the Alex Raymond murder case.
Broadway's My Beat, from Times Square to Columbus Circle, the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world. Broadway's My Beat, with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.
The November morning sifts down over Broadway, and for a time the swarm stands bewildered, stares at its empty hands. The solitude begins to shape itself once more, out of November's winds, out of the silent, colorless neon, out of mists flaring upward from manholes. And finally, the solitude is clear and present, whispering again its desolate invitation. And the derelicts of morning run from it. Beat open a door, plead for refuge, find it. In a time clock. It's another day, kid. All yours. And at headquarters, do the things of the morning. Brush the night dust off the unfinished report. Wad up the paper cup with the dregs of cold coffee. Toss it in the wastebasket. Tear a page off a calendar. A shooting, Donnie.
Hold in. Man says he's shot. Wants to talk. Here's the address. Take it from the sergeant. Go to the address. Find the man standing propped against the wall of the apartment. One hand and a fist pressed hard against his chest. Pushing back the fragment of life that was still inside him. And watch it seep through his fingers. You took your... You took your time. Let me help you up. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. Just stay there. Stay. Listen. Who shot you? Stanley. Stanley Lawson. A little nothing worked for me. I put the bread in his mouth. Stank him. He killed me. That little nothing. He killed me. The ambulance will be here in a minute. I told you to keep your hands off.
All you've got to do is listen.
Alex. Raymond. That's me. And that's who I was.
You get that little nothing. You hear? You get it. And you burn.
Burn. And the words stopped. And briefly, the mouth had moved over nothingness, voicing nothing, moving quickly and fitfully like quicksilver, till it froze, till the shape of it was forever. Because he was dead. And after that, Alex Raymond objectively... The measuring of his death by instruments and men with cigars. The photographing of it, the recording of it under a heading, files, active. And take a piece of the image away with you, a name of killer. Name, Stanley Lawson, employee of Alex Raymond. Consult other records, make a phone call and come up with an address. Go to it. Yes? My name's Clover, I'm from the police. Stanley Lawson, the card on your door says... Stanley Lawson, I'm Mildred Lawson, his wife.
Why are you looking for him? Suspicion of murder, Mrs. Lawson. All right, come in. In here. Stanley isn't home. Where is he? If he committed murder, he's probably running or hiding or whatever a new murderer is supposed to do. But I do. Which one did he kill? What do you mean? Which one? Raymond or Harper? A little while ago, a man named Alex Raymond said your husband shot him. Then Edwin Harper must be running or hiding, too. Do you mind telling me what you're talking about? Raymond and Harper incorporated. Together, they employed my husband to make them rich. In this, my husband was successful. That he's made one of them dead will give you some idea of how important my husband was to the concern.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of the Alex Raymond murder case?
0:00–7:07
2
Who is the first suspect in the murder investigation?
7:07–16:34
3
What evidence leads Detective Clover to Stanley Lawson?
16:34–17:36
4
How does Mrs. Lawson react to the accusations against her husband?
17:36–22:19
5
What role does Edwin Harper play in the story?
22:19–27:00
6
What details emerge about the relationship between Lawson and Raymond?
27:00–34:31
7
How does the investigation unfold in the climax of the episode?
34:31–38:05
8
What is the resolution of the murder case by the end of the episode?
38:05–38:53